The (1) gzexe, (2) zdiff, and (3) znew scripts in the gzip package, as used by other packages such as ncompress, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the znew vulnerability may overlap CVE-2003-0367.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-10-20T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:38:59.919Z

Reserved: 2004-10-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0970

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-02-09T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-07-11T01:30:37.417

Link: CVE-2004-0970

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